UM Connect Day

Improving language skills with AI

Speaker: Mark Sinnott
Organised by: UM Language Centre
Duration session: 1.5 hours

In this interactive and interesting workshop, Mark analyses how AI can help improve our speaking and writing. Themes include:

• personalised learning and feedback
• chatbots as an interactive partner
• turning interesting media content into speech/ writing tasks
• how AI tools can shift learning away from textbooks, and why this is good
• limitations and future directions of AI in language learning

It will be useful to bring a laptop, but a smartphone is acceptable.

Digitalisation in relation to the SDGs

Speaker: Cristina Mancigotti, Mindel van de Laar, Praachi Kumar
Organised by: UNU-MERIT
Duration session: 1.5 hours

During this workshop, we will zoom in on the relation of Digitalisation with global development through an interactive session built around the SDGs. Digitalisation impacts our ability to obtain the Sustainable Development Goals, but is also itself influenced by the developments around the Sustainable Development goals. Specifically due to the digital divide, the interrelatedness is not always positive. Becoming aware of the (hidden) consequences of using technology is essential to understand how we can contribute better to sustainable and inclusive growth.

Leadership and Technology in the Era of the Climate Crisis

Speaker: André Dellevoet
Organised by: Maastricht School of Management (MSM)
Duration session: 1.5 hours

More information will follow.

Governing AI in the EU and the shifting legal frameworks

Speaker: Mindy Duffourc
Organised by: LAW.next
Duration session: TBD

Governing AI in the EU and the shifting legal frameworks, including fitness of old law for new technologies and the development of new legal approaches to governing AI innovation.

More information will follow.

FUSIO(n) and Litoscope: Digital Tools for Enhanced Societal Research Collaborations and Knowledge Innovations

Speaker: Dr. Serdar Türkeli
Organised by: UNU-MERIT
Duration session: 1.5 hours (lecture 30 min, workshop 1 hour)

This lecture and workshop will delve into the complexity of contemporary challenges and the critical role that interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research collaborations and knowledge innovations play in addressing them efficiently and effectively. The lecture will present the concept of digitalized collaboration as a powerful initiator, highlighting its potential to overcome sectoral, geographical and disciplinary barriers, enhance systemic discoverability of expertise, and accelerate the formation of impactful innovation teams. 

The presentation of the foundational principles behind FUSIO-n platform and Litoscope Academic and Policy tools will be provided to the participants. Participants will be guided through the process of creating their own FUSIO(n) profiles, populating them with their expertise keywords and research interests. We will facilitate exercises in identifying potential collaborators based on shared and/or complementary interests and exploring the platform's features (including Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence) for initiating collaborative projects. The workshop will also include a practical session on utilizing key functionalities of the Litoscope Academic and Policy tools for a specific research topic, allowing participants to experience first-hand how these tools can accelerate their knowledge-based innovations. Attendees will gain a practical understanding of how to leverage FUSIO(n) platform and Litoscope tools to enhance their own collaborative and connected endeavours.

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